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PHW
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USA
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Posted - 01/31/2003 :  10:19:50 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
What are your fleet guidelines for percentage of spares.

My spare ratio is 10% of the total fleet.

PHW

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thomas86_a
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Posted - 01/31/2003 :  10:58:17 AM  Show Profile  Visit thomas86_a's Homepage  Send thomas86_a an AOL message  Reply with Quote
We have three spares and 9 route buses. 8 routes and one vo-tech. While 25% seems a bit high, when you consider that two buses can be gone for just one atheltic event it's really not that high. It's basically because we are so small.

"I'd rather pull my kids around in a 77 passenger Radio Flyer than drive a Blue Bird."
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PHW
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USA
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Posted - 01/31/2003 :  12:12:43 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If we have a bus regularly used for charter or field trips it is not considered a spare.

Criteria for spares vary from fleet to fleet.

PHW

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wagonmaster
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USA
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Posted - 02/01/2003 :  1:46:45 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Ten percent is a reasonable figure and what we maintain.
Joe
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BusBoy
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USA
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Posted - 02/01/2003 :  2:16:21 PM  Show Profile  Visit BusBoy's Homepage  Reply with Quote
We are required being the contractor to have 10% for our fleet.
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KMM
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USA
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Posted - 02/02/2003 :  09:30:17 AM  Show Profile  Send KMM a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Our fleet of 28 has 5 spares.
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slane
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Posted - 02/03/2003 :  04:02:49 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
We have 19 routes, with 5 spares. At times all buses are on the road.
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gonzosbus
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USA
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Posted - 02/03/2003 :  12:14:09 PM  Show Profile  Send gonzosbus an AOL message  Reply with Quote
Our District has 3 special needs spares and 1- 84 passenger spare. We also have our team travel bus available for use as a spare if we need it (it is a 63 pass Blue Bird AARE)
Sometimes I wish we had more, but we make do with what we have for our 25 routes.(7 Sp.Needs and 18 regular routes)
Armando Cuellar, Madison Elementary School District #38, Phoenix Arizona

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Bri98-87
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USA
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Posted - 02/04/2003 :  8:38:51 PM  Show Profile  Send Bri98-87 an AOL message  Reply with Quote
out of 60 buses 7 are spares and all the oldest buses in the fleet, 90, 91, and 93 international Carpenters. 71 pass.
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